We hit the road just after 8 AM. It was cool
and great for cycling. I didn’t really want to ride on I5, so we followed
some rural roads. We had to cross to the other side of I5 to continue on
the side road. We were held up by a lot of road construction. We had planned
to take a secondary road to Hwy#2 but it was closed. We had to ride east
over a very steep ridge to hwy#9. Hwy 9 had a wide shoulder, but the traffic
was very heavy. We then took #2 to Monroe. Hwy 2 was also very heavy with
traffic. We got to Monroe at 3:30 PM.